Peer Navigator, Street Medicine (San Bernardino, CA)
$45,302–$68,640 year
On-siteSan Bernardino, California, United States
Job Summary
Build rapport with members experiencing homelessness to motivate behavioral changes and improve health outcomes through education and peer support. Coach patients on strategies to minimize risks for common conditions while connecting them to local, county, and state resources for enhanced care compliance. Conduct regular outreach to onsite and offsite patients to provide medical support, deliver medications, and accompany them to appointments. Collaborate with staff to manage care plans, document all touch points in electronic health records, and update profiles in the Coordinated Entry System. Schedule encounters based on acuity levels and serve as an advocate for member needs under social worker supervision.
Required Qualifications
- G.E.D./High School
- 3+ years of work experience
- Associate's Degree
- 2 years of work experience
- Bachelor's degree
- 1+ years of work experience
- direct work experience, lived experience, training or volunteer work with patients experiencing homelessness
- active mental health and substance use conditions
- Ability to work in a dynamic, outdoors environment
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to organize effectively
- Ability to prioritize multiple and competing tasks
- Ability to communicate effectively, including articulating one's own relevant personal experiences
- Excellent oral communication skills
- strong interpersonal skills
- Maintenance of reliable transportation
- Proficiency in operating a computer, including logging into and maneuvering around multiple systems such as online timesheets (time and attendance) and call center software
- valid driver's license
- clean driving record
- automobile insurance
- Travel 50% or more
- proof of Tuberculosis screening
Desired Qualifications
- HMIS/ Coordinated Entry System
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